Increasing engineers' role in construction safety: Opportunities and barriers

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-207

  Toole, T Michael ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructability; Construction industry; Design criteria; Liability; Regulations; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTABILITY; CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (CDM); DESIGN CRITERIA; LIABILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTRACTS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 22944467172     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:3(199)     Document Type: Article

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